And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.
Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity;
Ezekiel
Major ProphetsYet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
Nahum
Minor Prophets / NahumThe length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits; and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side.
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielNow in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
2 Chronicles
HistoryThat which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
John
GospelsAnd that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife,
Ezekiel
Major Prophets / EzekielBut if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.
Jeremiah
Major ProphetsBut to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared.
Mark
GospelsNeither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
Zephaniah
Minor Prophets / ZephaniahThe boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersAnd Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred;
1 Chronicles
HistoryThe song of songs, which is Solomon's.
Solomon's Song
Poetry / SolomonFor God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
Matthew
GospelsAnd the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl,
Leviticus
Law / MosesThis is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahAnd the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar:
Leviticus
LawSix days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
Exodus
Law / MosesAnd of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah.
Ezra
HistoryAnd thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it.
Exodus
LawFor the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.
Micah
Minor Prophets / MicahBut he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
Matthew
Gospels / MatthewTherefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
Acts
History / LukeSo Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.